Canvas Connect on December 11, 2020

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Join our ATS staff to learn what’s new, share ideas with fellow faculty and colleagues, wrap up your fall courses, and make plans for an exciting 2021. Attend our afternoon session to get a first look at a COVID-ready classroom.

Join Canvas Connect on December 11

Winter and Spring Course Availability

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Winter courses in Canvas were created as of November 10th and spring courses are tentatively scheduled to be created on December 8th. Faculty members should log into Canvas after these dates to check their Canvas Dashboard to see if their courses have been created correctly.

Learn how to prepare for your winter and spring courses.

Fall 2020 unused/unpublished courses to be deleted

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Unused Canvas course sites for fall 2020 will be deleted on Friday, December 11. If you have any affected courses you will receive an email on Monday, December 7.

What to do with your unused courses.

What’s New: Poll Everywhere, Our Newest Online Polling Tool

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Poll Everywhere is an online polling platform that collects real-time responses from students using any computer or mobile device with internet access. An alternative to Zoom polls and iClickers, Poll Everywhere is designed for both remote and on-campus environments and is licensed for all UD faculty and staff.

Get to know Poll Everywhere.

What’s New: Comparing New Quizzes to Classic Quizzes

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Since the New Quizzes tool was enabled as a course feature option in August, you may be asking yourself if you should start using it in your courses. The answer depends on how well Classic Quizzes is meeting your needs.

Classic Quizzes vs New Quizzes.

What’s New: Introducing FeedbackFruits and Labster

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Two new tools are under consideration for integration with Canvas: FeedbackFruits and Labster. Get a closer look at what these tools offer by signing up for an early product demonstration.

See if Feedback Fruits or Labster is right for you.

Did you know?

• A new rich content editor is coming! Canvas@UD will enforce it on Dec. 18, 2020 for consistency in the winter term. Learn about the new rich content editor.
• A new course feature option for enhancements to the Assignments student interface is available to enable on Dec. 18, 2020 for consistency in winter term. Read about the new course feature option.

Workshops

We have a variety of upcoming workshops.

Check out our workshop calendar to learn more and register.

Upcoming Closures

• Nov. 23 – Nov. 27
• Dec. 21 – Jan. 1